Carton support for drinking cups



June 19, 1923.

W. E. SWIFT CARTON SUPPORT FOR DRINKING CUPS Filed Sept. 4, 1920 Inventor fl wmdfdwf ,fiyfltarm y I Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have ;in- Nenteda newand useful Improvementn a- Patented June 19, 1923.

WILLARD E. swrrr, or wononsrni-i', 'rrasseorzusarfrs; assrenonmo un rnnfsrarns 1 L am ' MAINEL/ j cannon, .surron r r'onnamninercursa Application filedSeptemb'er 4};19-2o..ser'i 1'no.- 408,293. 5

To all w homitmayconcern: l 7 Be it knOWnthat'L WILLARD E. SWIFT, a citizen of the United'States, residing at W'orcester, in the -,county of \Vorcester and;

, Carton, Support for Drinking. Cups,[ of.

which the following,.together withthe,ac, companying drawings, isa specification. The objects of my presentinvention are to provide a support for a carton containing drinking cups, adapted to be held upon a cylindrical, water container, when the same is inverted and mounted upon an ice receptacle in the manner now usually practiced for supplying cool drinking water for use in ofiices. I I My present invention is embodied in a wire structure adapted to embrace the cylin- 'drical water containerand'to be supported against gravity upon the upper'surface of the ice receptacle. It also provides means for the insertion of a cartonin a vertical position, with means for holding the carton against gravity, and exposing its lower front corner containing a slit for the manual withdrawal of individual drinking cups. Theseobjects, among others, are accomplished bymeans of a structure, preferably made of resilient'wire, and illustrated 'in the accoms panying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of in-' verted water container and ice receptacle having my improved carton support. attached thereto.

Figure 2 is a side view of the carton support detached from the water container and represented with a carton inserted therein 7 Figure 3 is a front View of the same.

Figure 4 is a bottom plan view of'the carton.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts in the different figures.

Referring to Fig. 1, 1 denotes an icereceptacle. represented as mounted upon legs" 2, 2. Mounted upon the ice "receptacle is an inverted water contain'er3 having my improved oarton support attached thereto. The carton support embodying my present invention consistsof an upper resilientwi-re 4 curved to embrace. the cylindrical periphery of thewater container 3, and a lower re-. silient wire 5, similarly curved, resting upon the to of the i e rece ta le, 1 Th urve wires land "are open: euponone side, as ,shownat ,6 andg7, and to the upper curved wiret are attached theparallelwiresB-I and 9, spaced apart a. sufiicient distance ,to re. .ceive a carton between them..;,:Thecwires 8 and 9gare bent, at :10 and :1-1 obliquely .downward. f0rming1'supports-12 and 13,,forthe sides-o fithe carton. The .obliquewires: 12,

and are attached/to thebottom curved: wire 5 andv extended; horizontally forward, as shown at 14 and l5, terminating*in aloop. 16; The wires 8 and'9 attheir bent sections 10-and 11 are united by a cross bar17, and a s crossbar 18 unites the horizontal sections 14:

and 15. The curved wires 4: and 5 ar l united at their free ends by vertical wires 19 and 20. United at.its'opposite ends to the curved wires 4 and .5.is a flat'bladespring 21 having .an inward'curvature adapted to bear against the periphery'of the'Water coni v tainer3, and draw the curved wires 41and5 firmly against the periphery of the water container. I

When placed in theflposition' illustrated in jperspec tive view inFig. 1, a paper carton isinserted between the horizontal wires 8 and 9 and the oblique wires 12 and .13,'in theposition illusthe structure above described is trated at 22, Fig. 2. In this position the carton 22 is held from falling forward by thelcross bar 17. The lower end of the car-j tonpasses between the oblique wires 12 and 13 and the horizontal wires :14 and 15 and is supported against gravity by the bar 18.,

The loop 16 is curved upwardly to allow the lower front corner 23.01 the carton to project below'said loop. The corner 23 is .pro-

vided in the usual manner in cartons of this class with a slit for the withdrawal of an. individual drinking'cup, and the front of the carton is provided' for this'purpose with:

an opening 24, Fig. 3. The wires 8, 9, 12, 13, Hand 15 are preferably-formed from a single wire, bent uponitself, to form the loo'p .16 and united, as'alrea'dy described, to

thewv'ires 1 and 5. The carton 22, the position shown "in Fig. 2, enables the split in its lowermost corner to be exposed for the v withdrawal of individual cups, and the .car-

ton when emptied can be vertically withdrawn and replaced by a full carton. Any

excess-inthe curvature of the armsland 5 will be taken upby the pressureof the blade 1 v spr1ng21, causing the wires .19 andQQto be riphery of the water container to draw the free ends of said curved arms toward the water container. a 2. ACZLI'lJOII holder-of the class described,

for use with a cylindrical water container mounted on an ice receptacle, comprising an upper resilient arm embracing the water container, a lower curved arm resting upon the icereceptacle, a 'wire framework adapted for the endwlse reception of a carton attached to boththe upper and lower'curved arms, with the weight of thecarton adapted to be supported on the ice receptacle.

3. In a carton holder of the class described, the combination with an upper curved elastic arm adapted to embrace the cylindrical periphery of a water container mounted on an ice receptacle, a second curved arm adapted to rest onthe icereceptacle, a wire framework for the endwise reception of a carton said framework having an open bottom to allow the carton to rest on the ice receptacle, with said framework attached to said upper and lower arms, and a spring to press against the periphery of the water container.

WILLARD E. SWIFT. 

